Includes: The Thirty-Nine Steps. Red cloth. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. First American Edition. Doran, [1915]. * The Runagates Club. Aqua. cloth, dust jacket. Detective Short Story. Fantasy bookplate from Hazel Heidergott. First American Edition. Houghton Mifflin, 1928. * The Three Hostages. Blue-green cloth. First American Edition. Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Three volumes.

John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian and novelist. His most famous book, The Thirty-Nine Steps, was adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock.